Oct 30, 2024 · By Bee Group Newspapers | on October 23, 2024. Kenneth Butka, 73, of Amherst, a retired math teacher and coach at Amherst High School, died Sept. 22. Born in Buffalo in 1950, he began teaching in January 1973 following service in the U.S. Army Reserves. He had a four-decade career and was one of the longest tenured teachers in the history of ...